A camera was at the centre of a fascinating incident at Snob Boutique in Chatham High Street five years ago. The boutique is fitted with closed circuit television cameras to check on customers movements. One
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Middleton, Greater Manchester (1968)
A house in fear of the ‘Thing’. By a Staff Reporter. Housewife Mrs Dorothy Moulton ran out of her Middleton council house in fear today as “The Thing” struck again. “The Thing” has been haunting
Continue ReadingHindley, Greater Manchester (1969)
That ghost will have to leave, decides Sarah. Pensioner Mrs Sarah Mayor’s lodger is almost always the perfect gentleman. He always keeps himself to himself and never leaves the house untidy. In fact, he had
Continue ReadingShad Bagh, Lahore, India (1960)
Troubled house draws crowds. A local bank employee’s troubled house in Shad Bagh here has become a place of attraction for scores of spectators, who turn up in batches to witness the ‘magic doings’ of
Continue ReadingPaisley, Renfrewshire (1969)
A council house family say: We’ve got a ghost. A young couple and their four children have been living in fear since “ghosts” moved into their home. In three weeks 26-year-old Mrs Margaret Mullen has
Continue ReadingPenang, Malaysia (1963)
A playful ghost keeps knocking on their door. Penang, Sun. – A playful ghost has been harassing an old Malay couple in Bukit Glugor, about five miles from here, giving them sleepless nights. “This ghost
Continue ReadingStreatham, London (1962)
Have those nuns moved into a flat? Ghostly noises, mystery lights alarm couple. Have the ghosts of Coventry Hall nipped smartly through the Streatham High Road traffic to find new haunting grounds? For there have
Continue ReadingMelito Irpino, Campania, Italy (1966)
Village brand girl, 9, as ‘witch’. Little Nicolina and ‘evil spirit’ start a panic. From Llyn Lewis, Rome, Saturday. Police have been sent to a tiny hamlet in Southern Italy to protect a girl of
Continue ReadingSalford, Manchester (1960)
Knocking ghost disappears. Evening News Reporter. Mysterious bumping noises which were claimed to be spirit messages from a man dead, have disappeared from a Salford house after a service of exorcism by two Anglican priests.
Continue ReadingYucaipa, California, USA (1966)
House for sale, ghost included. Borderlanders in Southern California have been watching, via news items, the progress of a poltergeist phenomenon in the town of Yucaipa. We have lectured there several times on Flying Saucers,
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